Calling time.strftime this way will result in the current time as returned by localtime() being populated in the field, which isn't my understanding of what the OP wants. The following will keep the current date and strip the time when working with Field Calculator: !DATE_FIELD!.split()[0]

Calling time.strftime this way will result in the current time as returned by localtime() being populated in the field, which isn't my understanding of what the OP wants. The following will keep the current date and strip the time when working with Field Calculator: !DATE_FIELD!.split()[0]

Interesting; I tried it before I posted it and thought it trimmed it as the op was hoping for... I'll try it again when I get into the office....

edited a later at the office: Yep; you are 100% correct Joshua! As I recall I, I tested it on a new test table/date attribute so it looked like it worked. For the op, here is what happens to existing data: